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The WPT Celebrity Invitational is underway at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. (Bodog Beat Image)

We are back at the Commerce Casino here in Los Angeles for the much-anticipated World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational. After a red carpet extravaganza and a cocktail mixer for all the muckity-mucks here to play, we are now back inthe same ballroom that hosted the LA Poker Classic to play some low-quaity celebrity-style poker. Before you think we're being too harsh, we're about 10 minutes in and we've already heard four or five "all-in" calls from the dealers.

Here is the ubiquitous list of celebrities we've already seen: Matthew Lillard, Tia Carrera, Daniel Baldwin, Michael Ian Black, Camryn Mannheim, Donnie Wahlberg and a whole host of others that we will bring to you as the night goes on. The atmosphere is definitely more festive here than for the LA Poker Classic, just a bunch of people with more money than poker skills out for a night of fun.

On the flip side, there are a couple of for-real poker players here including two Team Bodog Members, Jonathan "UFPokerStar" Westra and Evelyn Ng. Along with several big name pros like Erick Lindgren, Gavin Smith, Sean Sheikhan and Men "The Master" Nguyen.

Stay tuned and we'll bring you celebrity photos and more live updates from the WPT Celebrity Invitational.